Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
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The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 29 July 1992 (heats & finals) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 47 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:45.00 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 3:46.47 | Canberra, Australia | 3 April 1992 |
Olympic record | Uwe Daßler (GDR) | 3:46.95 | Seoul, South Korea | 23 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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29 July | Final A | Yevgeny Sadovyi | Unified Team | 3:45.00 | WR |
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).[2]
Finals
editFinal B
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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9 | 4 | Antti Kasvio | Finland | 3:50.06 | NR |
10 | 5 | Paul Palmer | Great Britain | 3:51.60 | |
11 | 2 | Sean Killion | United States | 3:52.76 | |
12 | 6 | Pier Maria Siciliano | Italy | 3:53.05 | |
13 | 7 | Christophe Marchand | France | 3:53.24 | |
14 | 8 | Yann de Fabrique | France | 3:54.37 | |
15 | 3 | Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 3:54.56 | |
16 | 1 | Jure Bučar | Slovenia | 3:56.93 |
Final A
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Yevgeny Sadovyi | Unified Team | 3:45.00 | WR | |
4 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 3:45.16 | OC | |
3 | Anders Holmertz | Sweden | 3:46.77 | NR | |
4 | 8 | Artur Wojdat | Poland | 3:48.10 | |
5 | 7 | Ian Brown | Australia | 3:48.79 | |
6 | 1 | Sebastian Wiese | Germany | 3:49.06 | |
7 | 6 | Stefan Pfeiffer | Germany | 3:49.75 | |
8 | 2 | Danyon Loader | New Zealand | 3:49.97 | NR |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 360. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 360. Retrieved 27 August 2017.